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Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the influential 1922 Committee of backbench MPs, is vague about whether one or two candidates would be likely to run for the Conservative Party leadership after the resignation of Liz Truss. “The party rules say there will be two candidates unless there is only one candidate" he says. SOUNDBITE
Battling gloomy opinion polls and mounting doubts, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday promised skeptical voters, and his own Conservative Party, that he would make tough choices to "fundamentally change our country.” Two of his boldest plans in a speech to the party's annual conference — canceling a railway project that has already cost billions and proposing to ban smoking for the next generation — definitely caused ripples. Whether they translate into success for the right-of-center party in an election next year is another question. Opinion polls in recent weeks have put the left-of-center opposition Labour Party 15 to 20 points ahead. Sunak told hundreds of party members packed into a Manchester conference hall that he's not afraid to make big decisions that will deliver “long-term success” rather than “short-term advantage.” As Sunak expresses a commitment to change Britain over the long haul, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen is joined by
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Lawmakers from the ruling Conservative Party held their first round of voting on Wednesday, eliminating two candidates from the race to replace the outgoing prime minister.
British Home Secretary Theresa May launches bid to succeed David Cameron
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